Red Ribbon Week Door Decorations

It is so hard to come up with something original, but I came up with this idea all by my little self!  I knew I wanted to do something related to Halloween, but what?  I finally decided on something witchy.  Then it came to me "Drugs are wicked bad".  I loved it!  I let the kiddos make their own witch hat (no template here) so it would be more personal.  They decorated their hat.  Then they traced their hat onto lined paper, cut it out, and wrote about why they are too busy to do drugs. I put the words on using black letters except for "wicked" I used purple letters with little gold stars (sorry it is so hard to see in the pic).   I added the cutest little witch's broom covered in purple glitter and a black bow and two witch decorations from the dollar store with lots of purple streamers.  The students enjoyed the project and we won the contest!

Drugs are Wicked Bad!

Their witch hats are too cute!

Happy teaching!

Cute Fall Bulletin Board Idea!

I don't know about you, but I having been listening to so much about the Common Core that I could scream I feel very well informed.  We always do a mini-unit on apples in the fall.  I found this cute craftivity on Pintrest but couldn't find the source (sorry- if you are the original poster please let me know so I can give you credit!)  The students each received a paper plate then they cut two curved lines.  They colored the cut out pieces for the leaves and glued them on the apple core.  I loved this because the project has no waste!  I knew I wanted to display their work because they turned out so cute.  Then I thought about what cute caption I could come up with and this is what I did.  What do you think?  Very tongue in cheek, but I love it!

Let me know what ideas you have for fall bulletin boards!